Actually, the jewels are different... for instance, our blue diamonds look better than ttheirs, while their white ones look better than ours. The pink ones liik slightly different as well.
--tim On 4/18/06, Björn Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is Daves reply to my question. I have not replied back to him yet. > > ----- Forwarded message from Dave Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:44:38 -0700 > From: Dave Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Björn Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Rockbox development <rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se> > Subject: RE: Remove PluginJewels from RockBox downloads immediately > > Björn, > > Regarding your question below, the gem graphics in the color image of > PluginJewels as seen at > http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/pub/Main/PluginJewels/jewelscolor.png , are > identical to the graphics seen in versions of Bejeweled(R) for PalmOS, > PocketPC, or Windows Mobile, seen here: > http://www.astraware.com/products/bejeweled/palm/bejeweled_screenshot_320x320_02.gif > . The screenshots are 100% identical, down to the gem placement on the game > grid. > > Now, if these color graphics do not actually appear in the versions of the > black-and-white and color versions of PluginJewels, then there is no > copyright violation here. However, if the screenshot above is representative > of the in-game graphics found in PluginJewels, then it is an obvious > copyright violation. If that is the case, it's obvious that someone on the > PluginJewels team ripped the graphics from one of the Astraware-licensed > versions of our game. If that is indeed the case, those graphics need to be > removed from the game, non-infringing gem art needs to be substituted for the > infringing gem art, and the screenshots reflecting our copyrighted works need > to be removed from Rockbox.com and all other affiliated sites. If it is not > the case that these graphics are found in Rockbox versions of PluginJewels, > please email me with assurances that these graphics do not appear in either > the black-and-white or color versions of PluginJewels and remove the > screenshot from Rock! bo! > x.com and all affiliated sites, so as not to create confusion about the > look-and-feel of PluginJewels compared to Bejeweled(r). > > The important thing here is that PopCap Games does not want any confusion in > the market as to whether the game was developed, published, or officially > licensed by by PopCap Games. This current situation with the gem graphics as > shown on Rockbox.com only perpetuates this confusion. > > Best, > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Björn Stenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 10:08 AM > To: Dave Haas > Cc: Rockbox development > Subject: Re: Remove PluginJewels from RockBox downloads immediately > > You wrote: > > The game PluginJewels, for use on RockBox and available at > > http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginJewels, is a blatant > > copyright violation of Bejeweled, the popular match-three game owned > > by my company, PopCap Games, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, USA. I am > > writing to you to demand that you remove PluginJewels from > > www.rockbox.org and all other sites where users may download this game > > for the Rockbox, no later than April 30, 2006. PopCap Games takes > > seriously all copyright and trademark violations of our games and, if > > necessary, we will enforce our rights to the fullest extent of the law. > > > > Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. I await your > > response. > > Hi Dave. > > My name is Björn Stenberg. I am the founder and one of the leaders of the > Rockbox open source project. I am also the owner and administrator of the > main download site for Rockbox. > > In the Rockbox project we take copyright very seriously. Therefore your mail > is confusing to me. To the best of my knowledge, the Jewels plugin in Rockbox > contains no program code, graphics, text or other material belonging to you > or your company. Hence I do not understand what it is you claim to be a > "blatant copyright violation". > > Please specify in detail what material in our Jewels plugin you claim to hold > the copyright to. > > -- > Björn > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Björn > >
